The Datsun 510 is known as the Datsun 1600 in much of the world outside of the United States and Canada, it’s a car that saw significant racing and sales successes in all of the markets where it was offered for sale – and it helped put Datsun on the map for a new generation of car buyers.
In North America the 510 is most famous for its dominant performances in the 1971 and ’72 Trans-Am seasons, it dominated the 2.5 litre class in the hands of Mike Downs and John Morton, with the project overseen by Peter Brock.
This print comes in two sizes, 16″ X 20″ or 18″ X 24″, and it’s printed on matte-finished heavy weight acid-free museum paper with archival inks.
Ben Branch has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, the official Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, and many more.
Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
The Simpson Mod Bandit Helmet is the first modular helmet with a retro design – it’s based on the legendary full-face Simpson Ghost Bandit helmet but it features a flip-up front allowing wearers to leave the front up when riding at lower speeds in urban areas. Modular helmets have become a popular choice with many…
GRD Watches have made a name for themselves in recent years for their unusual, motor racing inspired timepieces that are based on speedometer and tachometer designs from classic sports cars. The company was started in Scotland in 2012 by Andrew E. Smith, it’s now based in Munich, Germany and it uses Swiss made Ronda…
This article was written by Stan Evans, Stan is a highly-respected photographer and a popular figure in the motorcycle and automotive worlds. He’s previously worked for Edmunds, Blacksmith Engineering, Red Bull, HBO, Columbia, and Facebook. Mustang in the Wild A few years ago I traveled to palm springs for a romantic getaway with an old girlfriend….
The Nexx X.G100 Southsider is a new motorcycle helmet design from the European company featuring either red or black colorways with classic ’50s Hot Rod-style paintwork. Each Nexx X.G100 helmet has an X-MATRIX shell consisting of multi-axial fibreglass, 3D organic fibres, special Aramid fibres, and carbon reinforcements. It comes in two shell sizes to ensure you…
The Glasspar G2 is considered by many automotive historians to be the first production car with a fibreglass body, it was a major contributing factor behind the surge in popularity of fibreglass-bodied vehicles in the United States in the 1950s and beyond – resulting in iconic cars like the Chevrolet Corvette, the Meyers Manx, and the…
The Indian Powerplus V-twin powered the company’s board track racers to victories right across the country. The engine was significantly more advanced than the inlet-over-exhaust engines used in previous Indian motorcycles, with side valves and an eye-watering (for the time) rating of 16 hp. The mere suggestion that you could have 16 horsepower in a…
